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PETERSBURG W.VA. – Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College visited South Branch Career & Technical Center to present a check for $13,170 to their Certified Nursing Assistant Program (C.N.A.) students, Candace Kite, Therapeutic Services & Allied Health Sciences, Julie Colaw, Assistant Principal, and Shelly C. Crites, Administrative Director. These students have enrolled in South Branch CTC’s dual-enrollment program with Eastern to advance progress toward a career pathway in healthcare. The C.N.A. dual-enrollment allows student completers to increase their likelihood of acceptance into Eastern’s Nursing…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – On Tuesday, February 28, representatives from 40 & 8 Hardy County Voiture 1623, presented four $500 checks from their nursing scholarship to Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College nursing students. The nursing student recipients were Michelle Adkins of Pendleton County, Jodee Crites of Grant County, Crystal Goodwater of Hampshire County, and Whitney Hall of Hardy County. “I am honored and extremely thankful to have been awarded the 40 & 8 scholarship,” said Crites, “As a single mom of two little girls,…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Announced back in May 2022, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College was awarded $278,500 through Gov. Justice’s Nursing Workforce Expansion program. This award expanded educational capabilities by bringing in new simulation equipment to give nursing students an even broader scope of skills and practice for this field of study. Read more about the awarded money here. Eastern has also hired Ciara Crites, ten-month clinical nursing faculty, who will work with the Nursing personnel on the new simulation equipment recently acquired. Crites will…
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MOOREFIELD W.VA. – Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College hosted Hampshire High School’s Certified Nursing Assistant Program (C.N.A.) students and Kristie Long, Health Occupations Teacher, to present a check for $13,170. These students have enrolled in Hampshire High School’s dual-enrollment program with Eastern to advance progress toward a career pathway in healthcare. The C.N.A. dual-enrollment allows student completers to increase their likelihood of acceptance into Eastern’s Nursing Program. Eastern has partnered with South Branch Career and Technical Center, Hampshire High School, and Tucker County…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Alexis Snyder, daughter of Todd and Lorena Snyder of Moorefield, is a Michael Moore Scholarship recipient at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College for 2022-23. Snyder, a Moorefield High School student, represents Hardy County in the scholarship program. The Michael Moore Scholarship at Eastern supports early-entrance students from Hardy, Grant, and Hampshire counties. The scholarship covers the recipient’s tuition, books, and fees. Students from the three counties are encouraged to apply for the scholarship by January 12, 2023, for the Spring…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Brooklyn Boyce, a student in Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College’s nursing program, has been awarded the inaugural St. George Medical Clinic Scholarship at Eastern. Boyce, a resident of Hampshire County, said she has wanted to be a nurse since she was a young child. Her younger brother required care in a neonatal care when he was born, she explained, and she vividly remembers how nice the nurses were that helped care for her brother and that she wanted to be…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Jeff Fraley, director of nursing education for Voiture 1623 of the Forty & Eight (40 & 8) Veterans Organization, presented $500 scholarships to four nursing students at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Receiving scholarships were nursing students Michelle Adkins of Pendleton County, Jodee Crites of Grant County, Crystal Goodwater of Hampshire County, and Whitney Simon of Hardy County. Fraley congratulated the group for their hard work and encouraged them to keep up their efforts. Voiture 1623…
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Jess Rinker, an adjunct English instructor at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, as well as an accomplished children’s book author, is a finalist for “Best Author” in WV Living magazine’s Best of West Virginia contest. Each year, the Best of West Virginia contest organizers solicit nominations in a range of categories. The list of finalists for each category was released Sept. 26, and winners will be selected based on the results of online voting. Category winners will be featured in the Winter edition…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College is a partner in a state pilot project encouraging high school students to earn a year or more of college credit toward a bachelor’s degree in education while still in high school, providing them with a pathway to finish college with an education degree in just three years. Eastern is working with school systems in Grant, Hampshire, and Hardy counties as part of the Grow Your Own (GYO) project. GYO was unveiled by the state Department…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Anthony “Tony” Prato, Ph.D., has joined Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College as its full-time math faculty member. Prato said he understands the stress many feel about learning math. He’s had an opportunity to work with students at high school and college levels, so he has engaged with a wide variety of students over the years, often presenting math in ways that are more practical and more fun. Math is “… more creative than people realize,” Prato said. One of his favorite…
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